Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-28
SPORTING TOPICS.
winnings OF Some Fast Horses-Seory
About John MOrrissey.
Especial Correspondence

Winnings OF Some Fast Horses-Story
About John Morrissey.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, April 10.
Everybody, of course, remembers what
wonderful racer Hindoo was only u few years
ago and what slight odds the bookmakers
were wont to lay against him when, indeed,
they did not actually bet on him. knew
that as sire he had also proven great sue
cess, but had no idea to what an extent this
was the case I therefore received genuine
surprise the other day when, upon looking
over the winnings of the different horses dur
ing 1886, found that The Widow, Catalpa,
Hanover, Sunbeam, Kinda and Jim Gore.
all Of then the get OF Hindoo, had won be-
tween them during last season the sum OF
S24OOO. jim Gore, Of course, headed the list,
being credited with $14, COO, or more than
half Of the entire amount. Hindoos progeny
will probably make even better showing
for this year 80
The wonderful time, Ism 40s., which
Mccormick made when lie defeated Dowd,
t Montreal, at st. John, N. B., in five
.nle skating race recently, will hardly be
allowed to go on record as the best time ever
made, as the track was just fourteen laps to
the mile, and mistake of a few feet on each
lap would make a very considerable differ
ence in tie entire distance. And besides,
there were not the proper preparations and
precautions taken for obtaining worlds
records Then, too, understand that the
watches differed very materially. McCor-
mick is without doubt very fast skater,
but the alleged record breaking should be
:..cn with copions allowance Of salt
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A CIV dave, rrN n you plae ca rcca vniar tho
management of the veteran Daniel OLeary,
will occur Mt Omaha, Neb., April 25 to 80,
and if some man hitherto unknown to fame
'hould succeed in getting to the front, lie will
70 taken to England and matched against
Littlewood. The division Of the receipts will
re 40 per cent. to the first, 25 to the second
! 5 to the third, IL 10 the fourth and to the
9Th. Nearly all Of the best walkers and
runners in the country have promised t.
enter, and as this is the first event Of th'
kind ever brought off in Omaha, it ought t.
be great success, especially with such mai
as Dan O'Leary ct the helm
-.
When was lad of about Is Was at Sar
atoga for the summer. l was the guest OF
my uncle, who was a physician and a warm
personal friend of John Morrisscy, who then
owned the race course Most of my time wa.
spent at the lake lettering around the boat
houses Of the several college crews. As a
natural consequence, having been almost
brought up in boat, and understanding
rowing thoroughly, was enabled to form q
very good general idea of the relative merits
Of the different crews. The university race
that year was considered q certainty for
ether Yale or Harvard, although Columbia
also bad many followers. Morrissey wa,
backing Yale heavily to win, and had invest
ed several thousand dollars. One dax met
him in front of Moons just as had started
to walk into town. "Well, my little man,
said he, ",io you eat, drink and sleep over here
at the lake," assured him that it was no,
quite as bad as that whereupon he added
Anyway, you are over here enough to know
what crew you think will win the universit,
race" Flattered by this condescenson OF
the part Of the old man, replied proudly
that thought the men on Snake Hill Cor
nelD would win. Morrissey seemed mucl
impressed with the answer and actet
upon it, for thereafter, instead O
taking Yale against the field he would alwa VI
include Cornell in his bets. As every on,
knows, Cornell won both the university ant
freshman races. The advice saved Molrisss
$1,000. -.
notice that another Sullivan demolishe
has come TO the surface IN Australia. Tn
fellows name is Francis P. Slavin, and TO
the past lew months he has been entertaining
the Antipodeans with exhibitions of the neat
ness and dispatch with which lie can knocl
out the country yokels. Slavin Is a youn,
man of Horculean proportions, standing owe
SIX feet high; his weight, trained does not fal
far short of 300 pounds. He has written to
prominent sporting man of this city request
ing him to arrange a match with Sullivan
This gentleman will probably send Slavin til
money to come to America.
-.
) A strong effort, see is now being made Z
have the Hanlan-Gaudaur race occur a
either Nantasket Beach or Point Of Pines
The place which offers the greater induce
ments to the oarsmen in the way Of excursio
, money, ETC., will get it. OCTY COHEN.